San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-05
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In 1884 Germany sent 7,l35,2G3 gallons
of rum to the west coast OF Africa,
Great Britain Coz, 1928 gallons and Ameri-
can 92l, ALP gallons.
DR.. John Hill, the best paid preacher
In New York, getting salary of S2O, 900
a year, makes 5000 a year by writing
for the newspapers and magazines.
The assessment OF San Diego county,
Cal, exclusive of railroads Is, this year,
SlS,737 1874, against S0,ls2, l54 last year.
This is an increase Of more than 100 per
cent.
The horses on the street cars Of New
York have suffered terribly during this
hot weather. They die at the rate Of 40
a dav, and more than 1000 have died
since the lst of June.
Sitting Bull is living life OF laziness
at Standing Rock Agency. Work lie
considers degrading, and believes that
his victory over Custer has entitled him
to an existence of ease and Incidence.
+. A. Sawyer, who was once q United
States senator from South Carolina, Is
now clerk in the qusrtermaster-gen-
erals Office, Washington, on salary OF
Sl40O year. He at one time held the
position OF assistant secretary OF the
treasury.
The women will be interested to know
that the hustle is OfPersian origin. Mott,
in his notes on the "Odes Of Hafiz," de-
fines the "refaight" rs kind of bolster
which the ladies fix to the undergarment
10 produce q certain rOundness, thought
by them to be becoming
The Rev. DR.. COllyer is receiving a
warm welcome on the Pacific coast. No
building can be found large enough TO
accommodate the crowds that flock to
hear him. AT Oakland the people adj
jOurned to the largest theatre, and 1t
was packed and thousands were turned
away.
Washington is a great town for dogs.
There were 59S7 licensed dogs in that
city last year, and probably as many
more unlicensed. Some of the licensed
animals bear the name of Grover Cleve-
land, three are named after Gen. But
Ter, two after Garfield and Grant, and
one each for Blaine, Jefferson Davis,
Horace Greedy and Thomas Jefferson.
There are $40 female physicians In
j .PV \ ork, while more than double the
Ne",bee, - TO be found In Brooklyn
lulhOel ar ~ cities. Among those
'nS otneF Y %uJa'1 ~ from ,hsaid there are
I'D NEW L YIN NiAy' II 10 - qnRRomp. If
Iulte number who have iEoI.,' . ,s
$4,000; two or three make yearly sums
ranging from 900 to $4,000, and one
mas averaged Tor the last four years a
steady income IF S25 600.
A female bear and her cubs wandered
nto u town in Preston county, W. Va,
4 few days ago, and for time the big
yest kind OF scare reigned among the
Inhabitants. Bruin killed several sheep
n the suburbs and then wandered back
% the mountains, the citizens being
Unable to recover from their surprise in
line to administer dose of cold lead.
Miss Fannie Parker, a daughter OF
CORTLAND Parker of Newark, seeing
woman struggling in the water, sprang
rom her Carrisge, swan to her relief
md brought her to the shore. This
brave girl ID only twenty-One, and is
described as tall, graceful, with w8vy
lair, accomplished and with a sunny
disposition that makes her a general
'aVOrite.
Bishop Potter, OF New York, Is pro-
,eeding with the organization Of the
iiOcese for mission work determined on
act fall, and will pres, ntly announce the
appointment of three OF the four arch
leaCOns. These are the Rev. DR.. Alex
lnder Mckay Smith, one Of the ablest
Protestant Episcopal clergymen OF the
;ity, who will have charge OF the New
Y Ork district; the Rev. +. B Van Kleok,
If White Plains, over Westminster COun-
y, and the Rev. Henry l.. Ziegenfuss, of
over the Third district.
The salary is merely nominal, but the
office carries powers OF great import
lnGe.
A young German carpenter was mar
lied TO pretty Bohemian girl in Omaha
he other day, after a six months court
ship, which must have been conducted
entirely in p8DtOmime, as neither can
peak word in the others language.
The services OF an interpreter was need
I'd at the altar, but the young couple
seemed as happy as If they had talked
'weet nOthings into each others ears all
heir Lifetime.
After the war two Union soldiers,
named Halsey and Darnley, from Low
I'll, Mass, were in New Orleans, and one
lay got into street fight with a stran-
ger. Halsey threw billet OF wood at
me stranger, but it struck Darnley, who
ell, and Hslsey, believing he had killed
him, fled to New York. He changed his
name and went west. A few days ago
he visited Lowell, and while walking on
he street met DarDley, whom he re0Og-
lized at once as the man whom he be-
ieved he had slain.
Beer drinking, according to internal
revenue figures, ia growing In popular
'avOr at the expense Of whisky. The
axes on distilled spirits for the last
year show falling off Of nearly $780,
100, while those on malt liquors in
,reased greatly prohjbitioniaIs will he
pleased to learn that the reduction on
hard drinks was effected mainly in
states where temperance measures have
been most successful. Receipts from
tobacco continue to grow greater, and
lot little of the increase is due to
cigarettes.
Mao Anderson GRATED on prohibition
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